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SPEED UP is a project devoted to supporting the creation, development and growth of SMEs. The project addresses the issue of the …
2,100 entrepreneurs and real estate owners in Eindhoven Center invest €800,000 annually for 5 years. For entrepreneurs, the BIZ replaces the annual …
An integrated action plan was created to define the solutions to the problems of gender inequalities in the entrepreneur ecosystem and to …
Public-private partnership with City of Amsterdam strengthening the reputation of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area among residents, visitors and businesses by deploying the …
Finland's PAAVO programmes (2008–2015) gave long-term homeless people permanent tenancies plus support. Long-term homelessness fell from 3,600 to 2,400 (-33%), but the …
A 2009 trial closing Broadway to cars at Times Square and Herald Square cut pedestrian injuries by 35% and motorist injuries by …
In 1977 Groningen split its centre into four sectors with no car links between them. Evaluations found car traffic down 47% and …
A €150m, multi-sector plan for 16 deprived Barcelona neighbourhoods (225,631 residents). A peer-reviewed pre-post study with comparison group found health gains for …
2015 pilot: 437 youth initiatives proposed, 117 funded, 18,872 participants casting 48,609 online votes. Replicated in Sfântu Gheorghe (2019) and Satu Mare …
In 2005 Zeguo township randomly selected 275 residents to deliberate on 30 infrastructure projects; the People's Congress then funded the top 12. …
Japan's ~180-260 prefecturally funded Kohsetsushi centres have tested, advised and trained small manufacturers since 1902 — but a 2003 reform is shown …
Since 2008, the EU's Enterprise Europe Network has linked 600+ partner organisations in 60+ countries to broker cross-border tech-transfer deals for SMEs, …
From 2015 to 2020, Paris let three associations turn a vacant 3.4-hectare hospital into 'Les Grands Voisins': ~2,000 people housed, working or …
Azerbaijan's 2008 'single window' reform made the Tax Ministry the sole body registering commercial entities within three business days, driving registrations up …
Politecnico di Milano's technology-transfer district has ranked in the world's top 5 university business incubators for three straight UBI Global editions; in …
Founded in Berlin in 2010 by 20 university dual-career services, DCND now links over 50 German universities, research institutes and regional networks …
Since 2017, Bloomberg Philanthropies and two Harvard schools have run a nine-month executive-education and peer-learning programme for sitting mayors, reaching 447 mayors …
Kosovo's Credit Guarantee Fund has backed over €1 billion in MSME loans since its 2016 launch; an ILO-evaluated Sida-funded guarantee window targeting …
South Korea's long-running national scheme co-finances manufacturing SMEs to install smart-factory systems — automation, data and process control; independent trade press documents …
Since 1982, the US SBIR/STTR programs have channelled over $3bn a year in non-dilutive federal R&D awards to small businesses across 11+ …
Kazakhstan built an English-common-law jurisdiction in Astana in 2018 to attract international finance; by 2025 it hosted 4,900+ firms from 90+ countries …
Barcelona's open-source Sentilo sensor platform, launched in 2012, now underpins the Diputació de Barcelona's 'Smart Region' — over 300 municipalities sharing 10,350+ …
CEA-Leti, Grenoble's applied microelectronics institute, has spun off 70+ startups since 1967 — including STMicroelectronics and Soitec — files ~200 patents a …
A $25M World Bank-financed project ran a national business-plan competition and matching grants for young entrepreneurs and MSMEs in agriculture and tourism, …
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